MasterChef Season 4 Episode release dates & where to watch

1. Auditions No. 1

Home cooks present dishes to the judges.

2. Auditions No. 2

Home cooks present dishes to the judges.

3. Top 19 Revealed

The judges pare down the competition in the final round of auditions; the cooks take on a lamb challenge; the top 19 contestants face a mystery box challenge; the contestants face elimination.

4. Top 19 Compete

The top 19 contestants face a mystery box challenge; the contestants face elimination.

5. Top 18 Compete

The cooks must create a healthy meal for over 300 school children.

6. Top 17 Compete

The cooks must prepare a dish using mystery box ingredients, which include cod; two contestants are sent home.

7. Top 16 Compete (1)

The cooks prepare a steak meal for firefighters; the challenge losers cook eggs benedict.

8. Top 16 Compete (2)

Four cooks prepare burger dishes at Gordon Ramsay BurGR in Las Vegas.

9. Top 15 Compete

A mystery-box challenge involving foreign ingredients takes place; chef Lidia Bastianich judges pasta dishes.

10. Top 14 Compete

The contestants prepare a meal for the cast and crew of "Glee." Jane Lynch, Cory Monteith and Matthew Morrison serve as judges.

11. Top 13 Compete

The contestants deal with a mystery-box challenge that involves an unusual ingredient and a limited pantry; Season 3 winner Christine Ha surprises the chefs.

12. Top 12 Compete

A meal is prepared for a wedding party.

13. Top 11 Compete

Restaurateur Eva Longoria selects Mexican-inspired ingredients for a mystery box challenge.

14. Top 10 Compete

The contestants must prepare fish tacos for hungry surfers; in a pressure test, contestants must prepare a perfect chicken breast three different ways.

15. Top 9 Compete

The nine remaining contestants make sausage link dishes using a sausage maker, with the winner choosing the ingredient to be used in the canned versus fresh challenge.

16. Top 8 Compete

The cooks compete in an overnight challenge; the losing team faces a spun sugar dessert pressure test.

17. Top 7 Compete

The cooks create dishes inspired by loved ones; tag-team sushi challenge.

18. Top 6 Compete

Previously eliminated contestants get the chance to get back in the competition by perfectly frying an egg and preparing a salmon dish.

19. Top 7 Compete Again

The cooks must prepare a T-bone steak dish; the challenge winner assigns a type of poultry to the other contestants.

20. Top 6 Compete

The cooks must re-create popular dishes served at a fine-dining restaurant in downtown Los Angeles; the losing team must prepare a perfect plate of fried calamari with a side of marinara sauce.

21. Top 5 Compete (1)

The judges are joined by their sons, who help critique a mystery box challenge; re-creating a dish.

22. Top 5 Compete (2)

Two cooks advance to the finals while the remaining three face a pressure test.

23. Top 4 Compete

The cooks split into two teams for the mystery box challenge.

24. Top 3 Compete

The remaining three contestants cook more sophisticated versions of the dishes they made in their initial auditions.

25. Winner Chosen Finale

The final two cooks prepare three-course meals; the judges choose the winner.